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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What function is vitamin A?






2. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






3. Where can you get more vitamin D?






4. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






5. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






6. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






7. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






8. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






9. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






10. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






11. What are healthy sources of fats?






12. What function is vitamin D?






13. Name six sources of grains






14. What is normal albumin levels?






15. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






16. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






17. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






18. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






19. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






20. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






21. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






22. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






23. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






24. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






25. When does BMR increase?






26. What is RDA of protein?






27. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






28. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






29. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






30. What is the function of vitamin E?






31. Sources of fats






32. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






33. What foods have high quality protein?






34. What is normal BMI?






35. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






36. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






37. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






38. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






39. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






40. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






41. What does DASH stand for?






42. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






43. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






44. When does BMR decrease?






45. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






46. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






47. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






48. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






49. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






50. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?